John W. Barger

Lecturer

I'm the author of a book of essays, The Elephant of Silence: Essays on Poetics and Cinema (LSU Press, 2024), and six books of poetry. Before joining Dartmouth's Institute for Writing and Rhetoric in 2023, I taught creative writing at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. My current research and teaching focus on poetry and poetics, film, and Romantic literature.  

Contact

John.W.Barger@dartmouth.edu
37 Dewey Field Road, Room 226
HB 6250

Education

  • B.A. Simon Fraser University, Canada
  • M.A. Carleton University, Canada

Selected Publications

  • Essays
    The Elephant of Silence: Essays on Poetics and Cinema. (LSU Press, Forthcoming in February 2024)

    Poetry
    Smog Mother (Palimpsest Press, 2022)
    Resurrection Fail (Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2021)
    The Mean Game (Palimpsest Press, 2019)
    The Book of Festus (Palimpsest Press, 2015)
    Hummingbird (Palimpsest Press, 2012)
    Pain-proof Men (Palimpsest Press, 2009)

    Individual Essays
    "In Praise of the Goblin" in Full Stop, 2023
    "Club Silencio" in Literary Matters, 2023
    "The Elephant of Silence" in Cleaver, 2022
    "The Underglimmer," in Poetry Northwest, 2021
    "The Music of the Zone," in Poetry Northwest, 2021
    "In the Theater of Coldness," in Literary Matters, 2020

    johnwallbarger.com